A BILL to amend article five, chapter thirty-five of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven, relating to cemeteries; prohibiting a person or
entity from charging more than fifty dollars to set a United
States memorial affairs grave marker within a cemetery; and
exceptions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter thirty-five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5. CEMETERIES.

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-7. Charges for setting United States memorial affairs' grave markers.

A person or entity may not charge more than fifty dollars for
the initial installation of a United States department of
memorial affairs' bronze grave marker in concrete base not to
exceed twenty-eight inches by sixteen inches at the grave of a
deceased veteran: Provided, That a cemetery may charge a
reasonable additional fee for installing the veteran's grave
marker off that cemetery premises: Provided, however, That
nothing herein shall prevent a person or entity from charging a
reasonable additional fee for the provision and initial
installation of a base made of other than concrete upon which to
mount the grave marker: Provided further, That nothing herein
shall prevent a perpetual care cemetery from charging an
additional fee for short-term or long-term care for the veteran's
memorial grave marker.